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B. S. LENOX. Wire Bale Band. No. 230,789. Patented Aug. 3,1880.

5 s 5 s E m V W UNIT D STATES PATENT Trice EDWIN S. LENOX, F \VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR TO VVASH- BURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE BALE-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,789, dated August 3, 1880.

' Application filed May 7, 1880. (No1nodcl.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN S. LENOX, of the city and county of WVorcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Wire Bale-Bands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents sections of the two ends of my said wire bale-band, as will be hereinafter more fully explained; and Fig. 2 represents sections of the two ends of said wire bale-band after the ends have been locked or secured together about the bale, as will be also hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongsto make or use the same,

1 will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in twisting the whole or a portion of the wire baleband, as will be hereinafter more fully described, whereby the tensile strength of the 2 wire bale-band is greatly increased, while at the same time the looking or fastening of the ends together is greatly facilitated, and a secure connection of the ends is obtained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and de- 0 scribed.

In the drawings, the part A represents one end of my improved wire bale-band, the end A being bent or turned back and intertwisted with the body B 'of the band, to form a loop,

5 B, as is fully shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The other end, 0, of the band in this instance is twisted for a certain distance, as shown at 0, whereby when the end 0 is turned back the twists C will look into each 40 other, as is fully shown in Fig. 2, thereby forming a loop, D, which securely holds the loop B of the other end of the wirebale-band.

The operation of connecting the ends of my wire bale-band is as follows: The band is 5 placed around the bale, and the twisted end 0 is passed through the loop B, and then bent back and interlocked, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby a very secure and permanent connection is formed between the ends of the band.

It will be observed that when the end 0 is bent back and interlocked, as shown in Fig.

2, the eye or loop part D is small, and fits closely the end of loop B, thereby preventing, in a great degree, the liability of loop D being pulled or drawn out of place after the bale has been removed from the press, and the expanding force of the material allowed to come fully upon the band. In apractical point of view this is quite an important feature.

Although the locking of the end 0 is not very close when first arranged in position, as shown in Fig. 2, the different coils or twists G are drawn close and compactly together the instant the strain and force of the expanding bale is allowed to come upon the band, and thereafter the band is held in a secure and perfect manner. t

In practice the entire body B of the band may be twisted to a certain extent if preferred, and when so twisted the tensile strength is somewhat increased, provided the twisting is not carried or extended to that extent or degree to injure the fiber of the metal when under strain. in practice it is found advantageous to give the wire about two turns or twists to the inch, and this twisting operation may be produced by winding the wire about a wire or mandrel, or by twisting the wire while straight. in the former case the wire would be drawn taut and straight by the expansive force of the bale after the latter has been removed from the press.

In practice it has been found that the weak est part of the band when formed from an untwisted wire is the loop D, which has to be formed at the time of the securing of the wire bale-band about the bale; but with my improvement this part of the wire is rendered more rigid and hard, and therefore is less liable to be cut or broken by the strain after the 0 connection has been formed and the bale removed from the press. Consequently, in practice, it may be found sufficient to simply twist that portion of the wire of the bale-band which forms the loop D and the locking parts E, 9 5 formed by the twists O.

In practice it is. found that when the end 0 is provided with a series of twists, O, the loop D will always be small and compact, as shown in Fig. 2, when the end 0 is bent back and the parts inter-locked, as shown at E.

Having described myimprovenients in wire bale-bands, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bale-band made of a single strand of Wire having the fiber of its looking end 0 twisted for the purposes substantially se forth.

2. A bale-band made of a single strand of Wire having its locking end 0 twisted into the form shown at O and U, substantially as and 15 for the purposes set forth.

EDWIN S. LENQX.

\Vitnesses EDWIN E. MOORE, THos. H. DODGE. 

